JSON Object Array no spaces after comma

Question

Here is my json array: Updated

    {
  "Title": "Limitless",
  "Year": "2011",
  "Rated": "PG-13",
  "Released": "2011-03-18",
  "Runtime": 105,

  "Actors": [
    "Bradley Cooper",
    "Robert De Niro",
    "Abbie Cornish",
    "Andrew Howard"
  ]

}

Here is my php return:

return response()->json($movie);

The Jquery:

$("#stars").val(data.Actors); //Nothing fancy about this. Just outputting data to an input field.

Result:

Bradley Cooper,Robert De Niro,Abbie Cornish,Andrew Howard

Why are there no spaces in between the names/comma's? Is there a way to achieve this without/with regex? Or is it a parsing error?

what is a "Json object array"?? How did you produce the first output, hence what is this in reality? — Jeff
– Jeff, Commented Aug 4, 2018 at 13:55
@Jeff I maybe confusing this too much. I have an array of json which is now updated above with a better readability. I am outputting that to a text field using jQuery (getting that via ajax call to my controller and the above jquery is used in my ajax success). But the problem is that the comma does not have spacing. — BasicBud
– BasicBud, Commented Aug 4, 2018 at 14:03

Saad Shaikh · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-04 14:06:36Z

1

you should be writing it as

$("#stars").val(data.Actors.join(', '))

answered Aug 4, 2018 at 14:06

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BasicBud Over a year ago

Separator is not defined?

Saad Shaikh Over a year ago

Updated the answer with seperator value.. i.e. ", "

BasicBud Over a year ago

So this is an array join correct? So we are saying, join the arrays with , comma and a space.

Saad Shaikh Over a year ago

Yes exactly, $("#stars") is a textbox, and it can't simply show array.. so internally it's doing array.join with just comma... if you want comma with space, you need to do it like this..

BasicBud Over a year ago

So here is a thought. Now my data is dynamic. It may sometimes be an array. Sometimes its just one single json. So in that case, it is sure to throw an error correct? join is not a function. How would I resolve this?

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Shahnawaz Kadari · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-04 14:19:25Z

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You can try this... Implode with comma space.

Snippet

return response()->json(implode(', ', $movie->Actors));

We have imploded with , (comma + space)

edited Aug 4, 2018 at 14:19

answered Aug 4, 2018 at 14:06

Shahnawaz Kadari

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4 Comments

BasicBud Over a year ago

It is a JSON Object. Hence will not work with str_replace

BasicBud Over a year ago

This is a good solution too. But I think I will go for the above solution. Thanks a bunch!

Shahnawaz Kadari Over a year ago

@BasicBud Yeah... This is server side(php) solution, and above is client side (jQuery).

BasicBud Over a year ago

Yes I am aware of that. Thanks mate :)

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